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A brief history of APFS (2022)

by @howardnoakley eclecticlight.co published 2022-04-01

Born secretly on 27 March 2017, it was Apple’s biggest gamble. Introduced in High Sierra, it didn’t work on Fusion Drives and had other problems. Also explains version numbering.

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